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C<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong>:<br />

Warning against Bid' ahs<br />

Chapter One <br />

Definiti<strong>on</strong> ofBid' ah, Main Categories <strong>and</strong> Legal Ruling <br />

1. Definiti<strong>on</strong> ofBid'ah:<br />

Linguistically, Bid' ah in Arabic means 'unprecedented originati<strong>on</strong>: In the<br />

Ever-Glorious Qur'an, we read:<br />

"Origina<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>r ofthe heavens <strong>and</strong> the earth .....<br />

Allah, Exalted be He, further says:<br />

(Qur'an: Al-Baqarah: 117)<br />

"Say. '1 am not something original am<strong>on</strong>g the messengers ••: ••<br />

(Qur'an: Al-AhqM: 9)<br />

The Prophet, according <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> this verse, is not the first unprecedented Messenger<br />

ofAllah <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> humanity; he was preceded by many messengers.<br />

Originati<strong>on</strong> or innovati<strong>on</strong> is oftwo categories. Itmay be practiced in people's<br />

cus<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>ms such as the newly advanced inventi<strong>on</strong>s. This category is undoubtedly<br />

permissible for the basic ruling regarding cus<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>ms is permissibility.<br />

By c<strong>on</strong>trast, innovati<strong>on</strong> in religi<strong>on</strong>, the sec<strong>on</strong>d category, is prohibited since<br />

the main principle governing our religious practices is <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> directly <strong>and</strong> completely<br />

receive them intact through Divine Revelati<strong>on</strong>. Allalis Messenger (PBUH) is<br />

reported <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> have said:<br />

"Ifsomebody innovates something which is not in c<strong>on</strong>formity with the<br />

principles ofour religi<strong>on</strong>, that thing is rejected."<br />

According <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> another narrati<strong>on</strong>, he is reported <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> have said:<br />

"He who does any act which does not c<strong>on</strong>form <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> the principles ofour<br />

religi<strong>on</strong>, that act is <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> be rejected."<br />

2. Categories ofBid'ahs: <br />

In matters ofreligi<strong>on</strong>, Bid'am are oftwo types: <br />

1. Verbal, such as the c<strong>on</strong>victi<strong>on</strong>s retained by Al-Jahmiyyah. Al-Mu' tazilah.<br />

Ar-RMldah <strong>and</strong> other deviant sects.

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